Brian Escalante Ramírez

Brian Sebastian Escalante Ramírez is a Peruvian chess grandmaster.

Chess career
He began playing chess at the age of 5, and was coached by Jose Luis Chong Sanchez.

In 2017, he won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship.

In November 2023, he achieved the Grandmaster title after defeating Yasser Quesada in the U.S. Masters Open.

Personal life
He is studying for a master's degree in IT and management at the University of Texas at Dallas, and also plays on the university's chess team. In January 2024, he was part of the "A" team, which finished in second place in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.